another day, another exclusive ps3 game list. we can never get too many of those, can we? of course not. and so, without further ado, obnoxious gamer and thesixthaxis.com brings you 10 essential ps3 exclusives. some are old, some are new, but they are mostly worth a look. it’s a four page article so i will boil it down.

i get so many questions from new ps3 owners: what ps3 games should i get? game stores want you to buy the most possible, of course. very few big box stores will tell you that a game is a waste of your time. truth to be told, a lot are. or rather, what seems like a great idea is poorly executed. we aren’t singling you out, turning point: fall of liberty, but if you feel guilty we all understand.

now, i should say that there’s nothing wrong with having all sports titles on your shelf, or only shooters. however, in my experience, many gamers like variety. and as we know, it’s the spice of life.

what i’ve done here is given a list of games every ps3 owner should have on the shelf. most can be obtained cheaply, which is nice too. some are also exclusive to the playstation, and they’ve been marked with an asterisk.

oh man. i have to stop buying up collector’s editions. i bought the god of war 3 one back in march, am going to be buying the fallout: new vegas collector’s edition in september. now, it looks like i will be buying the assassin’s creed: brotherhood collector’s edition too. now, be advised that i am talking about the canadian version.

according to eb games / gamestop / whatever the fuck it calls itself today, here’s what you get:

oof. hasn’t the last few months brought us a lot of awesome shit in the gaming world? we’ve had assassin’s creed 2, infamous, uncharted 2, god of war 3 – pretty much more blockbusters than we can handle. of course, that’s only ps3. there’s also xbox 360’s mass effect 2 and super mario bros for wii. plus there’s the scores of games on the mac and pc platforms, with mobile app games too. all these games are blockbusters, get a lot of ink, have a lot of (rabid) fans. of course, the clever folk among us know that these blockbusters come with bloated advertising budgets – which ultimately equate to blockbuster prices. frankly, if i had bought something like bayonetta at $70, i would have done horrific things to the first idiot i caught from the dev team. now, something like fallout 3? i don’t mind paying $70. the message here isn’t another penny-pinching gamer rant, but value for your dollar. i’m fortunate enough to have more than enough funds for my purposes. i just hate rewarding people for something awful.

the saboteur

anyway. my real point here is that myself, along with little_nerdxo started playing the saboteur over the weekend. if you don’t have it, get it. it’s literally got something for everyone, and almost seems to draw inspiration from everything, blending in a WWII storyline. its cutscenes remind me of the godfather 2, the viewpoint synching is like assassin’s creed 2. the fast-paced action? almost like the uncharted series. plus the whole disguise thing is sort of like hitman. and the driving is a mix of the first godfather and grand theft auto 4. even better is that there’s an unmarked area with a pigeon shooting area [ for the ‘pigeon parfait’ trophy] that’s freakishly similar to the old-school NES cult classic ‘duck hunt’.

phew. it’s like it took every awesome game and mashed it together. the storyline is excellent, and the elements i just mentioned makes it seem like you gathered a bunch of your favourite people in a room and let them bond together. the one thing that’s bad? the voice acting. all of the characters sound awful. aside from that, it’s a great game. certainly not worth the $70 when it came out, but well-worth the $20 or $25 you can get for it now.

i think this is something that has occurred to every gamer, at some point. personally, while i am close to platinum on many games, i’m not quite there yet. i’ve only gotten fallout 3’s trophy – and that was a pile of effort. anyway, here are a list of games that are apparently easy to get platinum on. note that i wrote ‘games’, and not ‘total waste of your goddamn time’.

well this list is almost sure to piss off someone, somewhere. anyway, here’s a list of games on ps3 i can’t live without.

fallout 3: so much love for fallout 3. it was one of the first games i played on the ps3, and playing it on xbox 360 kind of pushed me towards getting a ps3.

infamous: while i initially resisted it, it’s just too good. whether you are good or evil, cole mcgrath takes you on adventures you never dreamed about. i knew it was good when i fell off a building and felt those weird stomach nerve thingies.

eat lead: return of matt hazard: if you’re a hardcore gamer, you might hate it. it’s cheesy. it’s got will arnett. it’s ridiculous from start to finish. then again, if you have a sense of humour, you will love it.

assassin’s creed 2: this was the $40 game i was banging on about a while back. it’s beautiful, and even if you just can’t stop the fps love, this game is a must. it’s violent, but not to the point you look away. plus, you can platinum on it with just a wee bit of effort.

prototype: if you have infamous, this is kind of the same thing. this game is a lot darker and grittier than infamous though, and you can be a shapeshifter. there’s more climbing options here too.

rainbow six vegas 2: no trophies, but the multiplayer options are too much fun.

god of war 3: GET IT. that is all i will say.

god of war collection: you’ll need this at some point. trust me.

need for speed undercover: if you like racing games and destruction, you should own this.

uncharted: adventure. also, easy trophies.

uncharted 2: heart-stopping adventure, with amazing graphics. it twists, it turns, and in the end, there’s a happy ending. plus it has a buttload of awards, so you know a lot of planning went into it.

battlefield bad company: hilarious dialogue and engaging missions.

battlefield bad company 2: possibly better than the first one.

batman arkham asylum: this was another $40 game thing for me. some idiot at eb games put ‘$30 off’ in a flyer, rather than ‘30%’. walmart naturally matched the price. in a delicious twist of fate, eb games had to match it, since they’d lose their pre-orders. best buy tried to make these places corrected their prices, but the laughter drowned out those thoughts.

bioshock: creepy. but if you like an art deco creep show, this game is for you.

gta iv: this game was really all about the hype. it was good, but i played the first few missions and it didn’t do much for me. again though, it was good. i have intentions to pick it up one day, but there so many distractions in the game. do i help cousin roman out, or do i wait by an atm and beat the shit out of people for money? yeah. life’s tough.